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Green People have launched a luxurious new range of beauty products, called Organic Body Spa. They utilise natural oils, with delicious aromas so that you can have a virtual spa in your very own home. As with other Green People products the Organic Body Spa range is free from nasty synthetic additives and has been certified organic by the Soil Association and The Organic Food Federation (although I do not recommend eating the products).
The Blue Planet Run begins tomorrow, with 20 runners, across 16 countries and over 15,200 miles in 95 days, relaying the message that we must begin to tackle the global problem of inadequate and unsafe drinking water.
The run will being in New York on 1st June and the 20 athletes will leap off their starting blocks to run an around the clock route, for 24 hours a day, making 26.7 million strides. The route will take in: the U.S., Ireland, the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Belarus, Russia, China, Japan and Canada.
On my recent visit to a very wet and soggy Kingston green fair, I was very grateful to be offered shelter in the warmth of the Farm Yarn stall. As I huddled under the tarpaulin, fondling various balls of fluffy wool, I learned all about this brilliant company that sources eco-friendly, organic alpaca wool from farms that treat the animals with great care, resulting in a wool that's fantastic for knitting, and is also available spun into scarves and other accessories. Owner Volker Stiens joked that they had 'tried knitting the wool into alpaca shapes, but they came out looking like wooly giraffes!'
If you'd like to check out Farm Yarns' products, they've got an online store here.
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If you'd like to win some really unusual green prizes, here's one for your diary: on Wednesday 13th July, Trees for Cities, will be launching their first ever ‘green auction’, in London’s atmospheric Inner Temple Gardens, which are well worth a visit in themselves...
La Verde Vita is to be the charity‘s exclusive summer event, and will start with a champagne garden reception and dinner, before the auction itself, and a comic interlude with comedienne Shazia Mirza. The prizes are somewhat star-studded: a bike ride and ethical dinner at Acorn House with Jon Snow, a VIP theatre experience with Alistair McGowan, an ‘eco’ house and garden makeover by TV experts Penney Poyzer and Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins, and a ‘green wheeled’ evening to the Graham Norton Show.
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The plight of Britain's rare butterflies and moths is to be tackled by the Forestry Commission in an attempt to boost their dwindling numbers in the nation's woodland. They have teamed up with Butterfly Conservation and have identified 140 key sites which need action, 77 of those have been designated grade A priority sites as they are home to some of our rarest species, such as the Pearl-bordered Fritillary, and the Argent & Sable moth. The main reason for the decline in woodland butterflies and moths is complicated, but has been linked to a decline in woodland management and traditional skills such as coppicing, which is what creates bright open paths where butterflies thrive. They don't survive in the shady, overgrown, unmanaged woodlands.
Why bother going for the same wallpaper everyone else has - not to mention contributing to yet another tree dissapearing - when you could be utterly unique and retro-glam up your house with vintage, secondhand wallpapers from this US store.
The papers range from the 1860's to 1970 with prices starting at $70 for 60 square feet at Second Hand Rose.
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Scrummy organic food is as messy for your mini cook as any other food so why not go for a fairtrade apron like this one from Piccalilly? With a floral print, it's made from fairly traded cotton from Jaipur, India. It's just a shame they don't have a more 'butch' look for little boy helpers. One size fits 3-6 years £8.99
Other items in the Piccalilly range include bibs, bandanas, dresses, tops, tooth fairy pillows and laundry bags. Find them all at The Natural Store.
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